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Reducing psychiatric symptoms in patients with a writing programme
Writing intervention group bid to reduce psychiatric symptoms in patients undergoing cancer diagnosis
Handgrip exercise may help assess cancer-related fatigue
Pilot study looks at handgrip fatiguing exercises as a subjective assessment
Why we should mark World Wide Pressure Injury Prevention Day
Older people’s nurses can play their part in raising awareness of pressure ulcer prevention
Abnormal digital rectal examinations require urgent investigation for cancer, but the test has flaws, research says
Digital rectal examinations may not be an accurate diagnostic tool for cancer in primary care
Professionals underestimate patients' pain, suggests comprehensive review
Healthcare professionals should take heed of patients' self-assessment of pain, researchers recommend
Assessing dyspnoea to make people more comfortable at the end of life
Study looks at improving end of life care through the use of a dyspnoea assessment tool
Study finds high levels of anxiety and depression among survivors of colorectal cancer
Dutch and UK researchers measure quality of life for people ten years after initial diagnosis
High-fibre diet reduces risk of breast cancer by 25%, research suggests
US study examined food intake of more than 2,000 women living with and beyond breast cancer
Prostate cancer screening: a systematic review of digital rectal examinations in primary care settings
Canadian and UK researchers evaluate data from seven studies to review the diagnostic accuracy of digital rectal examinations
Opioids: study suggests improving the debilitating effects of cancer treatments with medicinal cannabis
Exploring the use and efficacy of medicinal cannabis as a safe treatment option for people who are undergoing palliative care
Teaching children to be sun smart: an American study
An evaluation of interventions by the Nevada Cancer Coalition's Sun Smart Schools project to encourage sun safety
Healthcare practitioners should provide more advice about palliative care, study finds
Researchers in Belgium carried out a cross-sectional study regarding the amount of information and advice given to cancer patients using palliative care.
Using online surveys to analyse patients' treatment preferences
Study looks to understand the preferences of patients with multiple myeloma regarding the benefits and risks of cancer treatment.
Deprivation a main indicator of the likelihood of death in colon cancer patients
Findings suggest screening programmes to target poorer populations to enable earlier diagnosis would be advantageous
Precursor state to bone marrow cancer more prevalent in African-American population
A condition that can lead to a type of bone marrow cancer is more likely to have an earlier age of onset in African Americans, a study finds
Cancer patients seeking second opinion due to 'lack of trust'
Review suggests more than one in four self-referral cases driven by 'negative motivations'
Norwegian study finds many clinical oncologists do not correctly identify patient frailty
Clinicians' assessments could miss non-cancer related factors that affect prognosis
The risk factors associated with hospital renovations
Study looks at infection increase in patients with haematological malignancies cared for in hospitals undergoing building work.